As everyone knows, my father created the world and humans. But why did he do it? What had the entity – perfect and flawless, possessing all the most glorious attributes to the infinite degree – missed before? The Bible provides my father’s broad answer: “I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him” (Is 43:7).
A respected philosopher makes it clearer: “A magnificence, admired by nobody, feels uncomfortable. In these circumstances there is no inclination to be great. And so then, greatness gets wasted and serves for nothing; it is no use being great in eternal solitude”. One could not say it better. It does not make sense to be a God if there is no one by whom his divinity can be acknowledged, appreciated and praised.
So, as a matter of fact, there are you who make my existence significant. A perspicacious poet clearly grasps this truth, asking:
What will you do, God, when I die?
When I your pitcher, broken, lie?
When I your drink, go stale or dry?
I am your garb, the trade you ply,
You lose your meaning, losing me.
Of course, I could live without you – but for what purpose? I do definitely not want to lose my meaning. Therefore, to connect you more firmly with me, I decided to miraculously create a new place, where every one of you can be close to me, building my community and deriving some benefits from it. As I promised before: “he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life” (Jn 8:12). Today I want to add an even brighter tint to my original teachings, so come in and follow me.
Quite recently, Europe stood transfixed with awe and admiration when one of pious Polish leaders proposed to introduce a complete ban of abortion on the whole continent. But in the ensuing enthusiasm, in the midst of delight and fanfare, one important detail was overlooked – that noble statesman fiercely defends life from conception to natural death and, at the same time, calls for restoration of the death penalty.
And many of my followers share a similar view. This means that the noxious weed of logic – which in fact has never aggressively spread among those who love me – seems to be withering into the ground.
The consequences of such a state of affairs are profound, significant, and far-reaching. A mind not poisoned by the venom of logical reasoning more easily embraces the concept of Trinitarian unity; painlessly accepts my idea of eternal hellish tortures for the disobedient (Mt 13:41,42; 25:46), despite my repeated confessions of love for all of you (Jn 15:9); smoothly comprehends that I can disown those who reject me (Lk 12:9), although my summons to love of enemies sounds unequivocal (Mt 5:44); justifies the lesson of violence I gave to the merchants in the temple (Mt 21:12), having forgotten, for a moment, my own principle of turning the other cheek (Lk 6:29).
Thus, you should continuously develop your blessed ability of holding internally contradictory views, because every faith can magnificently grow on them – including faith in me.
